Allston man sentenced for tax fraud

A former Allston man was sentenced in federal court for filing false personal tax returns and for filing bogus tax returns to obtain refunds in the names of other people.

A former Allston man was sentenced in federal court for filing false personal tax returns and for filing bogus tax returns to obtain refunds in the names of other people.

Alan L. Homsy, age 45, was sentenced to six months imprisonment to be served following his completion of a 51-month sentence previously imposed in a related federal prosecution, United States Attroney Michael J. Sullivan and Douglas A. Bricker, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, announced Thursday, June 21. The sentences will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.

Homsy was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to a prison term of 51 months for filing fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits in the names of other people without their knowledge.

Homsey pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 21, to 2 counts of False Tax Returns, 8 counts of False and Fraudulent Claims for Tax Refunds, and 18 counts of Failure To Collect and Pay Over Employment Taxes.

Evidence presented by the Government at the plea and sentencing hearing showed that when HOMSY filed his personal federal tax returns for 2001 and 2002 he owed additional taxes of $55,463 because he failed to report income he had received from fraudulent unemployment benefits and through fraudulent tax refunds. The evidence included bogus tax returns homsy filed in the names of employees to obtain more than $30,000 in fraudulent federal tax refunds before his scheme was discovered by the IRS. Homsey owned and operated moving companies under the names new England Nationwide Express, Worldwide Express and Millennium Delivery Services, Inc., and the evidence showed that he failed to collect and pay the IRS more than $85,000 owed for income taxes withheld from employee wages and for employer FICA taxes owed on the employee wages.